zanahoria 59
Edible vegetable apiacea, of elongated shape. The name comes from the archaic cahanoria 40 Spanish; pr. 41 zanaoria; that is supposed moved from Greece to the African Arab before reaching the peninsula. Used as an adjective to name a silly person, as it is the case with many vegetables. A curious fact is that its orange color is not natural; existiron purple, black or yellow varieties, but in the 16th century the Dutch abused of artificial selection and produced one with the color of the House Real of Orange-Nassau that ruled them tribute.